Grand Lake State Park

Mrs. Amanda and Opal are the road visiting with guests of the NE Oklahoma Travel Information Center in Miami ! If you are in Miami area or passing by the Travel Information Center on the turnpike, stop by to enjoy all of the special guests that are here for Tourism Week!

This morning we hosted guests for our Crafty Critter program, which included this group of Girl Scouts from Neosho, Missouri! They learned about Henry the Blind Racoon, his wild relatives, and also crafted these cute masks.

The Bernice Nature Center is looking for summer volunteer help! We are looking for self motivated assistance with various items around the center including, but not limited to... * Gardening * Litter Pick-Up ... * General Upkeep of the Nature Center * Assisting with Animal Care * AND MORE! All volunteers will have to fill out a volunteer application and all adult volunteers will have to be able to pass a background check. We ask that volunteers commit to volunteering once a week to 4 times per month at minimum. Any volunteers age 15 and younger will have to be accompanied by a guardian while volunteering and also have a volunteer form filled out. Feel free to contact Mrs. Amanda with any questions at 918-257-8330 or by messaging this page!

Is your school group, scout group, or organization considering a field trip? Make your reservations for a naturalist led educational program NOW! Contact our Park Naturalist, Amanda Markey by calling 918-257-8330, send us a message here on FB, or send an email to [email protected]

Bumper is attending school today, at Cleora's first Earth Day celebration. At this event the 7th and 8th grade classes are having fun activities for Pre-K thru 4th grades. These kids have 6 stations worth of fun for the younger children and have stepped in the role of educator. Friends, this is what earth day is all about, after all, we only have one Earth!!!

If you didn't know Miss Amanda is crazy for amphibians and this Saturday at 10:00 am we will get down and dirty discovering all about Wacky Wetlands!!!! *This program is in conjunction with BioBlitz! OK 2021!

If you haven't booked your summer camping adventure...you might want to check into booking your RV site ASAP! Especially if you are looking at reserving a specific RV site! I am currently looking over our reservations for this summer and folks....it's shaping up to be a busy one! At this very moment we have no RV availability for Memorial Day Weekend, limited RV availability for the Fourth of July weekend, and almost half of the RV sites are booked for Labor Day Weekend!!! **... For those of you dreaming of a lakeside stay on RV014 it is available April 23-24 and then not again on a weekend until August 13-15 or after. (There is weekday availability for this site, weekends just go quickly for RV014.) **TENT CAMPERS* We have plenty of availabilities for the summer holiday weekends, but tent sites near the Nature Center (21-29) go quicker then tent sites 1-20.

*Knock, knock... housekeeping* "No thanks ma'am. I've already fluffed my bedding myself and I don't need your help." - Opal

Today was a good day for an Easter Egg Hunt! Thank you to all of our volunteers this year which include Monkey Island Fire Department , Bernice Volunteer Fire Department, Bernice OK Police Department , Vinita Scout Pack 66 , and all of our Oklahoma State Park staff and volunteers!

Don't forget that our Easter Egg Hunt is tomorrow at 1:00pm on the dot! We will have Peter Cottontail, Park Pal, Bernice & Monkey Island Fire Departments, Bernice Police Department, and our Park Rangers here, so make sure to say hi to each of them while you are enjoying the event! You will want to make sure you arrive early enough to park and walk up to the Nature Center as the road around the Nature Center will be closed to traffic. If you are handicap and need a closer parking spot, enter at the south side of the building where staff while allow special entrance to the building.